When a 37 year old software engineer was recently diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer, it was already spreading fast, rising the risk of both the breasts being removed. Faced with the crisis she consulted Dr.Somashekhar S.P, one of the leading oncologists in the country at a Bengaluru hospital. The doctor fed the […]
The fact that public health is one crucial yet overlooked arena in India is no secret. And if recent trends of policy-making(or the lack thereof) are any indication things are largely gonna remain the same. But what exactly brought about this scenario? The apathy-for that’s what it is, has a cluster of reasons. The World […]
Doctors, including the ones who cannot draw well being enthusiastic about learning to draw to better doc-patient communication: If the idea sounds crazy, you are probably not the only one. But when Sharad Sharma-as part of the social venture, Grassroots Comics went to AIIMS Delhi recently to conduct a workshop, he was flabbergasted. The workshop, […]
Demanding an increased manpower and availability of senior doctors to attend critical patients at all hours, the interns at the Sagar Dutta Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata are on a relay strike. The agitation was initiated two days ago. On Tuesday, the demands were put before the health department officials. They have threatened to […]
At the Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals in Mumbai, the students of radiology are not provided with the thermoluminescent dosimeter(TLD)-the device which detects radiation that is also an essential protective measure for those working near radiation equipments in hospitals. Apparently, the students of these medical colleges have been conducting X rays, […]
joust(/dʒaʊst/) verb gerund or present participle: jousting; noun: jousting 1. historical (of a medieval knight) engage in a sporting contest in which two opponents on horseback fight with lances 2. compete closely for superiority This is the dictionary entry you get when you Google the word ‘joust’. It’s easy to get a mental image of […]
The infant mortality rate in Karnataka is not on the lighter side of things: it’s 31 for every 1,000 live births. Also, 23 per cent of the babies in the state are born premature. While the relevancy of breast milk for babies over formula milk is rather well known, there exists not even a single […]
For the past four months, the doctors and employees of Doon Medical College hospital in Dehradun haven’t received their salary. They have now threatened to give a mass resignation on August 9-which happens to be the inauguration day of the hospital. The Chief Minister will be inaugurating the medical college on the ‘auspicious’ day. To […]
Let’s get real here. India has a sort of ‘pedigree’ when it comes to issuing well-intentioned rules which turn around and strike at the wrong players. Those in the medical profession have found themselves at the suffering end of this phenomenon, time and time again. For one instance of putting rules or initiatives to the […]
The State health department has issued instructions to Delhi city hospitals so that assault on medical staff at the workplace can be curbed. The two-page direction has such lines as these: “All doctors must locate a security guard on duty so that he may be summoned any time immediately if required, along with a sign […]